Created by
Gary B. Rollman,
Emeritus Professor of Psychology,
University of Western Ontario
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Is Hysteria Real? Brain Images Say Yes - New York Times

Functional neuroimaging technologies like single photon emission computerized tomography, or SPECT, and positron emission tomography, or PET, now enable scientists to monitor changes in brain activity. And although the brain mechanisms behind hysterical illness are still not fully understood, new studies have started to bring the mind back into the body, by identifying the physical evidence of one of the most elusive, controversial and enduring illnesses.